Balinese (Unicode block)

Balinese
Balinese
Range	U+1B00..U+1B7F; (128 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Balinese
Major alphabets	aksara Bali
Assigned	127 code points
Unused	1 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.0 (2006)	121 (+121)
14.0 (2021)	124 (+3)
16.0 (2024)	127 (+3)
Unicode documentation
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Balinese is a Unicode block containing characters of Balinese script for the Balinese language. Balinese language is mainly spoken on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Block

Balinese^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+1B0x	ᬀ	ᬁ	ᬂ	ᬃ	ᬄ	ᬅ	ᬆ	ᬇ	ᬈ	ᬉ	ᬊ	ᬋ	ᬌ	ᬍ	ᬎ	ᬏ
U+1B1x	ᬐ	ᬑ	ᬒ	ᬓ	ᬔ	ᬕ	ᬖ	ᬗ	ᬘ	ᬙ	ᬚ	ᬛ	ᬜ	ᬝ	ᬞ	ᬟ
U+1B2x	ᬠ	ᬡ	ᬢ	ᬣ	ᬤ	ᬥ	ᬦ	ᬧ	ᬨ	ᬩ	ᬪ	ᬫ	ᬬ	ᬭ	ᬮ	ᬯ
U+1B3x	ᬰ	ᬱ	ᬲ	ᬳ	᬴	ᬵ	ᬶ	ᬷ	ᬸ	ᬹ	ᬺ	ᬻ	ᬼ	ᬽ	ᬾ	ᬿ
U+1B4x	ᭀ	ᭁ	ᭂ	ᭃ	᭄	ᭅ	ᭆ	ᭇ	ᭈ	ᭉ	ᭊ	ᭋ	ᭌ		᭎	᭏
U+1B5x	᭐	᭑	᭒	᭓	᭔	᭕	᭖	᭗	᭘	᭙	᭚	᭛	᭜	᭝	᭞	᭟
U+1B6x	᭠	᭡	᭢	᭣	᭤	᭥	᭦	᭧	᭨	᭩	᭪	᭫	᭬	᭭	᭮	᭯
U+1B7x	᭰	᭱	᭲	᭳	᭴	᭵	᭶	᭷	᭸	᭹	᭺	᭻	᭼	᭽	᭾	᭿
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey area indicates non-assigned code point

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Balinese block:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.0	U+1B00..1B4B, 1B50..1B7C	121	L2/03-118		Sudewa, Ida Bagus Adi (2003-03-12), Contemporary Use of The Balinese Script
			L2/03-153		Four letters in support of Balinese encoding, 2003-05-13
			L2/03-156		Darmasuta, Ida Bagus (2003-05-13), Letter in support of Balinese encoding from Dept of National Education, Language Center, Denapasar Language Council
			L2/03-152		Two letters in support of Balinese encoding, 2003-05-14
			L2/04-357	N2856	Everson, Michael (2004-10-04), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Balinese script in the UCS
			L2/05-021R	N2916	Everson, Michael (2005-01-19), Letter of support from Balinese Government
			L2/05-008	N2908	Everson, Michael; Suatjana, I. Made (2005-01-23), Proposal for encoding the Balinese script in the UCS
			L2/05-056		Constable, Peter (2005-02-01), Comments on Balinese Proposal, L2/05-008
			L2/05-059		Whistler, Ken (2005-02-03), "3. Balinese", WG2 Consent Docket, Part 2: Unicode 5.0 Issues
			L2/05-090		McGowan, Rick (2005-04-14), Proposed Balinese Character Properties
			L2/05-091		McGowan, Rick (2005-04-14), Proposed Balinese Line-Breaking Classes
			L2/05-026		Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), "Balinese (C.1), WG2 - Unicode 5.0 Consent Docket (B.1.16)", UTC #102 Minutes
			L2/05-234	N2974	Hanafiah, T. A. R. (2005-08-16), Letter from Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN Indonesia) re Balinese
			L2/05-108R		Moore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "Balinese (C.1)", UTC #103 Minutes
			L2/06-108		Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Balinese Decompositions (B.14.1)", UTC #107 Minutes
			L2/18-274		McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Grapheme_Cluster_Break of U+1B35 BALINESE VOWEL SIGN TEDUNG", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)
			L2/18-272		Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "Consensus 157-C14", UTC #157 Minutes, Change the Grapheme_Cluster_Break property of U+1B35 BALINESE VOWEL SIGN TEDUNG from Spacing_Mark to Extend, for Unicode 12.0.
14.0	U+1B4C	1	L2/19-259		Yang, Ben; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-07-10), Proposal to encode Balinese Archaic Jnya
			L2/19-286		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2019-07-22), "11. Balinese", Recommendations to UTC #160 July 2019 on Script Proposals
			L2/19-270		Moore, Lisa (2019-10-07), "C.13 Proposal to encode Balinese archaic jnya", UTC #160 Minutes
	U+1B7D..1B7E	2	L2/19-318		Yang, Ben; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-09-27), Proposal to encode two Balinese punctuation marks
			L2/19-343		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2019-10-06), "15. Balinese", Recommendations to UTC #161 October 2019 on Script Proposals
			L2/19-323		Moore, Lisa (2019-10-01), "D.2 Proposal to encode two Balinese punctuation marks", UTC #161 Minutes
16.0	U+1B4E..1B4F, 1B7F	3	L2/22-059		Sh., Rikza F.; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (January 2022), Proposal to Encode Three Balinese Punctuation Marks
			L2/22-068		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-04-15), "8 Balinese", Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals
			L2/22-061		Constable, Peter (2022-07-27), "D.1 Section 8", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 171
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[final-3] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[1] "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[2] "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

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